This report contains comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services in 2014-15, and on the characteristics of Australian children within the child protection system. This report shows that: 151,980 children, a rate of 28.6 per 1,000 children, received child protection services (investigation, care and protection order and/or were in out-of-home care); three-quarters (73%) of these children had previously been the subject of an investigation, care and protection order and/or were in out-of-home care; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to be receiving child protection services.

ISSN: 2205-5037 (PDF) 1320-081X (Print)

ISBN: 978-1-74249-923-9

Cat. no: CWS 57

Pages: 154

Findings from this report:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely to have received child protection services

Between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2015, rates of children in out-of-home care rose from 7.4 to 8.1 per 1,000 children

1 in 35 (151,980) children received child protection services in 2014–15

73% of children who received child protection services were repeat clients